(VOVWORLD) - The ongoing plenum of the 12th Party Central Committee in Hanoi will discuss bills to be submitted to the 13th National Party Congress, the 2019 socio-economic development and state budget implementation reports, plans for next year, and other issues. Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong highlighted some major issues to be debated at the plenum.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City will promote IT applications to improve tourism management, enhance tourists’ experience, and create new products.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and Cambodia have signed a Supplementary Treaty to the 1985 and 2005 Treaties on the Delimitation of National Boundaries and a protocol on land border demarcation and marker planting. This is an important milestone in building a shared border of peace, friendship, cooperation and development.

(VOVWORLD) - A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Dong Anh district on Sunday for the first smart city project in Hanoi, part of an effort to build an e-government and smart city.

(VOVWORLD) - Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Friday began a 2-day official visit to Vietnam, which is expected to create a milestone in bilateral ties.

(VOVWORLD) - Party committees at all levels are preparing to hold congresses ahead of the 13th National Party Congress. Subversive forces are attempting to sabotage and distort the goals, ideology, path to socialism, socialist-oriented market, prestige, the leadership, and personnel work of the Communist Party of Vietnam. They want to reduce the prestige and destroy the achievements of the Party and State of Vietnam and eliminate the role of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Today we will highlight Vietnam’s efforts to fight these attempts to sabotage Party congresses.

(VOVWORLD) - The Afghanistan presidential election ended last weekend with disappointing results. Only 2.2 million people - 20% of eligible voters cast ballots, much lower than the forecast of 60%.

(VOVWORLD) - Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith began a 3-day official visit to Vietnam on Tuesday, his second official visit since he took office in 2016. The visit will strengthen the two countries’ traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s exports grew 8.2% and recorded a surplus of nearly 6 billion USD in the past 9 months, thanks to the new markets created by free trade agreements. The export expansion is predicted to continue for the rest of the year.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh delivered a speech on promoting multilateralism for peace and sustainable development at the General Debate of the UN General Assembly’s 74th session in New York on Saturday. Mr. Minh affirmed the importance of multilateral cooperation in Vietnam’s foreign policy and called on the world community to strengthen multilateralism.